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Who can you trust anymore?

By Admin - 12/30/2008 Rogue certificates strike blow to Internet security A team of seven security researchers has found a way to exploit a weakness in the MD5 hash function to construct a rogue certificate authority and issue digital certificates that will be trusted by all of the common Web browsers in use today.

Have some Malware with your Photos

By Admin - 12/30/2008 The latest keychain digital photo frames are now equipped with Malware. The better to hack you with!

New SPAM messages are selling Narcotics

By Admin - 12/29/2008 Now direct from Hotmail, we warned you that you could not determine where the Hotmail connections were coming from, and here's our latest SPAM Message offering illegal narcotics via hotmail.

Web Server logs - an interesting User-Agent scanning you.

By Admin - 12/28/2008 Even the Name "Morfeus Fucking Scanner" does not sound like a friendly bot.

New Prime Minister for Thialand Spams the country, for a fee!

By Admin - 12/27/2008 The recently installed prime minister recently spammed all cell phone users.

Brute force attack botnets on the rise, Again!

By Admin - 12/23/2008 We've seen these attack types before, and we know how to block them. In fact we were just contacted about a closing the vulnerabilities for another internet webserver. Changing the IP Address of the machine does not stop the attacks.

Cyber logs are not being reviewed at the IRS

By Admin - 12/21/2008 We feel that if you have a front-line defense solution in place, that you minimally need to verify that these tools are protecting your network. Whether you are a small or regional business, or a far reaching government operation, internet security which stops the hackers is necessary in today's Internet.

Personalized SPAM rising sharply

By Admin - 12/20/2008 We've been filtering Email to eliminate Spam for many years. Our techniques employ our own recipe, and we've seen a dramatic decrease in Spam, Malware and Viruses. This study merely reinforces the fact that more people then ever are getting personalized Spam.

Scareware tactics stopped by the FTC

By Admin - 12/12/2008 First there were Viruses, then Spyware and Trojans, now with all of the Malware floating about the internet, we have Scareware! If you are reading this and have been connected to the interenet for some time, chances are good that you may have some type of infection on your PC as well. Just to remind you, we have the security tools available to prevent these infections from happening to you.

Need a Bank account? Your's might be for sale!

By Admin - 12/10/2008 Maybe you thought that your baking information was safe, but today's article in the UK Register shows just wrong you are. More than 21 Million German Bank Accounts are available for sale. In case you wanted to do the math, 21 million is 75% of the existing German Bank accounts.

Audio CAPTCHAs Cracked, ReCAPTCHA still unbroken

By Admin - 12/9/2008 From the headlines it would appear that ReCAPTCHA is a clear winner. However, if you are faced with using this authentication scheme, you'll soon see how difficult these tools are, at least for humans.

Scripts overrun eBay $1 Holiday specials

By Admin - 12/9/2008 So where did they get all of the scripts? It seems that script kiddies are making $1 bids on eBay to take advantage of a holiday special. Too bad eBay is not taking advantage of a multi-layered defense strategy.

CheckFree Internet banking service is redirected to the Ukraine

By Admin - 12/6/2008 How do you know if your Banking provider is getting redirected to a site that is infecting you with viruses and Malware?

Spamming continues after Botnet is initially silenced

By Admin - 11/27/2008 Recently the McColo hosting facility was silenced as the source of of the "Srizbi" botnet network. The developers had an alternate plan however, by installing a fallback strategy to gain access to the New Command and control network. They certainly had a well developed backup plan to continue to perform.

Is there hope for DNSSEC?

By Admin - 11/26/2008 A recent RFC (Request for Comments) by the central committee of the IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force), has requested that a simple solution be implemented to sign the Root Domain Name servers in an attempt to help thwart the Kaminsky vulnerabilities.

A flood of new attacks target the recently patched windows flaw

By Admin - 11/26/2008 The problem with only patching windows servers, is that they are still vulnerable to attack due to the fact that they are a tightly integrated operating system. Best practices include you taking additional safeguards to take for these server. Most important is to employ a multi-layered defense which protects the servers from unauthorized connections.

Yahoo! Zimbra Desktop is vulnerable to the Man-in-the-middle attacks.

By Admin - 11/24/2008 Recently Yahoo upgraded their email solution to use the Zimbra Desktop. Unfortunately, the Yahoo Zimbra Desktop does not validate the SSL Certificate for the far end, thus leaving the user defenseless to the Man-in-the-middle attack on all communications.

SQL Injection attacks continue, with a stealthy tool from China.

By Admin - 11/14/2008 We reported that SQL injection attacks were spreading, and now it appears that China is the source of many of these attacks.

Microsoft patches SMB relay attack

By Admin - 11/14/2008 Well, it was a long 7 years in the making. I guess that this patch was better late than never? Nothing that a little layered security would not resolve for the network protection.

AVG Anti-Virus Scanner marks a Windows OS file as a Virus

By Admin - 11/12/2008 While many of the security field might consider Windows as a Virus (especially when we enjoy the benefits of Linux), some people were seriously annoyed when this OS file was removed from their PC.

Email, Spam, Malware & money

By Admin - 11/9/2008 Researchers follow the money in the discovery of how much money is made in Spam, and why the Spammers do it. What would you do for approximately $9,000.00 per day?

A view inside the botnet networks will astound you.

By Admin - 11/9/2008 It is 2008 and we are getting information of the first effects of Bot networks to infiltrate personal computers to steal your banking information. Coreflood is a botnet network which has been around since 2001. You may have heard about botnet networks sending SPAM, while coreflood has been found to take money from your bank accounts.

2,000 to 10,000 web servers attacked in broad Web attack

By Admin - 11/8/2008 Kapersky labs reported that Hackers have launched a massive Web hacking campaign, putting malicious links on as many as 10,000 servers. The attackers are most likely using compromised accounts on the Web sites or launching what's known as a SQL injection attack, where hackers trick the Web site's software into inadvertently running malicious commands.

This Viral Infection is three years old, and not considered a threat

By Admin - 11/4/2008 Most Anti-Virus software vendors do not consider this infection a threat. It Infects the Mast Boot Record of PCs, even as it turns three years old!

Now you can copy keys up to 200 meters away!

By Admin - 10/31/2008 Could someone please give the researchers at UCSD something to do with their time? Somehow, working on projects to make us all feel a little less secure seem to be counter productive. Don't you think?

Another one for the "If you find the issues, don't let us know" department.

By Admin - 10/29/2008 Student Charged With Three Felonies For Finding Security Flaw — and Reporting it

Alarm raised on Teenage Hackers - BBC

By Admin - 10/28/2008 It comes as no surprise that teenagers are becoming more active on the Internet in hacking. Time to unplug the internet at home, or install comprehensive monitoring and controls. How about a game of Kickball instead?

Twitter is becoming a haven for Terrorist activites

By Admin - 10/28/2008 Sadly this open networking tool appears to be being used for other things than Professional Networking.

Researchers find RFID Passports can be copied

By Admin - 10/27/2008 If it not enough that you can be subject to identity fraud on the internet, now you can be copied with your Passports as well.

SPAM Flooding continues, even after arrests

By Admin - 10/24/2008 Even though Authorities have arrested one of the largest spammers in Melbourne, the level of spam continues to be at about 90% level of email.

If you use the Internet or drink Coffee in China, be prepared to smile.

By Admin - 10/20/2008 So much for freedom in China, now they are tracking you, just in case you were to say something against the government.

The FBI Dark Market sting nets 56

By Admin - 10/20/2008 The Dark Market sting operations were HQd in the Pittsburgh area, Idid check with Agent J. Keith Mularski before posting this article.

News to you? US is the most desired network to Hack.

By Admin - 10/17/2008 The FBI Warns of Sweeping Global Threat To US Cybersecurity. Maybe this is a little late to the table, as we have been tracking this information for a number of years. Do you know how many times a day your network is probed?

Encrypted data is not exempt from the courts

By Admin - 10/17/2008 Criminals with encrypted data can no longer hide their crimes in an encrypted format with the excuse it may incriminate themselves.

Your Email messages are being recorded

By Admin - 10/17/2008 In the UK, a counter-terrorism act, "The Communications Bill (2008)" has every Email and Website that you visit being recorded into a centralized database.

Beware of Skype messages

By Admin - 10/15/2008 Some of you already use the Skype communications tool, while you are comfortable with sending messages, what would you do with a pop-up message which wants you to update your computer?

Hacker writes a book on his escapades

By Admin - 10/14/2008 This reformed hacker writes about his criminal activities which brought down Yahoo some 8 years ago.

Coming to a store near you!

By Admin - 10/13/2008 So you go to the grocery store, or to your local discount retailer. Do you know where your credit card information is going? Would you like your local retailer to send your card information to Pakistan? This was reported in the Wall Street Journal, about the activites in Europe.

Social Engineers visit from China

By Admin - 10/10/2008 If you have a domain name, you may receive an email from a seemingly legitimate company looking to protect your business interested in China and Asia. Yeah Right, like that will happen. Click read more for more of this social engineering ploy.

Spam-Wars: Obama ahead in Spammer Wars

By Admin - 10/9/2008 Just when you think that you're almost through with the politics, the Spammers decide it's time to smear their names in your Spam mail.

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